achegar

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese achegar, inherited from Latin applicare. Cognate with Portuguese achegar and Spanish allegar. Doublet of aplicar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /at͡ʃeˈɣaɾ/

Verb

achegar (first-person singular present achego, first-person singular preterite acheguei, past participle achegado)

  1. (transitive) to bring close
    Synonyms: acercar, arrimar
  2. (transitive) to carry or drive someone or something to a concrete place
    Vou achegar a miña nai ao centro médico.
    I'm going to take my mom to the medical centre.
  3. (transitive) to contribute; to gather
    Deberíamos achegar cartos a ese proxecto.
    We should bring money to that project.
  4. (transitive) to leave ajar (a door, etc)
  5. (intransitive, pronominal) to approach
  6. (intransitive, pronominal) to search for support or protection
  7. (intransitive, pronominal) to live together
    Synonyms: arrimar, arrexuntar

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin applicāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.t͡ʃe.ˈɡaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

achegar

  1. (transitive) to bring closer; to put within reach
  2. (pronominal) to come closer

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Galician: achegar
  • Portuguese: achegar

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese achegar, from Latin applicāre.[1][2] Cognate with Galician achegar and Spanish allegar. Doublet of aplicar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ʃeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [a.ʃeˈɡa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.ʃeˈɡa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.ʃeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [a.ʃeˈɡa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ʃeˈɡa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ʃɨˈɡaɾ/ [ɐ.ʃɨˈɣaɾ]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.t͡ʃɨˈɡaɾ/ [ɐ.t͡ʃɨˈɣaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ʃɨˈɡa.ɾi/ [ɐ.ʃɨˈɣa.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: a‧che‧gar

Verb

achegar (first-person singular present achego, first-person singular preterite acheguei, past participle achegado)

  1. (transitive) to bring closer; to put within reach
    Synonym: aproximar
  2. (pronominal) to come closer
    Synonym: aproximar-se

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ achegar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032025
  2. ^ achegar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082025